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Melissa Thomas MS RD
 About Melissa
Hello and welcome to Real Living Nutrition!
My interest in nutrition began long before it became my career. I have always loved food, being in the kitchen and enjoying great meals with family and friends. I credit my parents with this. We always ate together, my mom is an amazing cook and my father introduced me to ethnic food at a young age. This introduction to the myriad of foods, and cultural mores attached to eating, and ways of cooking, opened new doors to me personally and led to my career path.
Nutrition is a second career for me. After seven years working behind a desk and knowing there was more to life, I decided to turn my hobby into my profession and never looked back. I packed up and moved from Atlanta, GA to beautiful Seattle, WA and earned a Master of Science in Nutrition from Bastyr University in 2001 and became a registered dietitian licensed with the Commission on Dietetic Registration in 2002. In 2007, I received certification in Intrinsic Coaching as a complement to nutrition therapy.
This coaching certification allows me the chance to really look at the relationships that people have with food and guide them to more lasting and satisfying nutritional and personal goals.
Since making nutrition my profession, I have worked in hospitals both inpatient and outpatient, dialysis centers and as a provider of medical nutrition therapy in medical offices. I frequently speak to various organizations and at health fairs promoting my love of food and wellness that centers on my philosophy that food is for enjoyment and health, whether it is an elaborate holiday meal, a quick snack, eating to lose weight or eating while training for a marathon. Food is the foundation of health. What we choose to put into our bodies as well as what we choose to leave out pushes us towards health or away from it.
My mission is to share my love of food and help you discover how to incorporate eating into your life to create balance and health. I look forward to showing you how to enjoy eating while losing weight.
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
Virginia Woolf
Fun Facts About Me
- I am traveling to South America in the fall.
- I love Route 11 potato chips.
- Hiking, biking, kayaking and running all make me smile.
- My favorite days are sitting on the beach with my family.
Want to Work with Melissa?
Just enter her Registered Dietitian Code when you register for one of our programs
Code #: 3029
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